That is at least a year and $40M+ more than I expected him to get. I thought he would max out around 4/$80M if he was lucky.

A number of commentators have touched on this during the offseason, but there is a coming wave of salary inflation (actually, it has already started) due to the massive TV deals clubs are signing and likely will sign. The two LA teams are clearly examples of this; the Rangers were thought to be spending more in reliance on the new TV deal they have that kicks in sometime in the next couple of years, but the LA teams seem to be in a different stratosphere. While luxury taxes are going to get steeper in years to come, if [(gates/stadium revenue + local TV revenue + MLB merchandising and national TV rev share + other revenue) - (payroll + other expenses) > luxury tax] and the owners really don't care about just how much of a profit they turn, then we may see a whole different era of haves and have nots where the spend/resource disparity between the top and the bottom only widens.